Haiti human rights groups criticize plan to tap members of rogue force to fight gangs

Haiti human rights groups criticize plan to tap members of rogue force to fight gangs

Human-rights groups are pushing back against a proposal by Haiti authorities to enlist members of a rogue force into the fight against a powerful gang alliance carrying out a deadly siege in three of the country’s 10 regional departments. “It’s…

Haiti's leaders face calls to resign as gangs step up attacks

The head of the interim presidential council appealed for calm after gunfire erupted in the capital Port-au-Prince as thousands of protesters demanding an end to gang violence clashed with police outside the offices of the council and the prime minister

ks-HAITI-ROGUE-BRIGADE // ‘We are at war’: Why Haiti’s leaders are turning to a rogue brigade to help fight gangs

A well-regarded 350-bed hospital, one of the last ones left in the country, now stands nearly empty. The home of one of its staffers was burned to a crisp. So too was the house of a former president of the…

‘We are at war’: Why Haiti’s leaders are turning to a rogue brigade to help fight gangs

A well-regarded 350-bed hospital, one of the last ones left in the country, now stands nearly empty. The home of one of its staffers was burned to a crisp. So too was the house of a former president of the Haitian Senate. The newest attacks have all occurred outside of Port-au-Prince in Haiti’s heartland, which is quickly emerging as a new battlefront for armed gangs bent on taking over the ...

Since its creation under the administration of former President Jovenel Moïse by a presidential decree, the Security Brigade of Protected Areas (BSAP) has attracted as many sympathies as oppositions, because of some of its positions and interventions. Its commitment noticed at the Haitian-Dominican border, during the construction of the canal on the river of the Massacre on the Haitian side, had particularly marked the minds. But beyond its ad h…